express vs pro

sb videovideo at mac.com
Wed Dec 17 09:50:46 PST 2003


If you buy FCExpress and want to go to FCPro, you can upgrade. It's actually
cheaper that way than to buy FCPro outright.

 sb

On 12/16/03 9:16 PM, "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote:

>>> I'm wondering if I might actually want FCP :^(  Though I think I really need
>>> to master FCE and DVDSP before I start thinking about that!
>> 
>> So why not buy FCE and use iDVD. Then when you have mastered both upgrade to
>> the more sophisticated and expensive FCP and DVD SP? I have been using iDVD
>> for most of my projects and use DVD SP probably 10% of the time.
> 
> I bought DVDSP last weekend, that would be one reason :^)  I've taken a look
> at iDVD, it doesn't offer the features I want/need.  I like the Anamorphic
> Widescreen support, and greater control over encodes that DVDSP offers.  As
> for FCE, I bought it when I got my G5 2x2 as I didn't want to pass up the
> chance to get it for $100.  This was before I knew if iMovie would work for
> me or not, I did up one test project with iMovie and iDVD, I might use the
> two for some projects, but overall I think I'll be using FCE and DVDSP.
> 
> I've just about finished editing the video I shot of last Christmas in 16:9,
> and will hopefully start learning how to use DVDSP in the next couple days.
> My goal is to have the finished product done by the 25th.
> 
> Zane
> 
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